The Great King -「大王様」

Chapter 7

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When Oikawa was about to leave to go back to his summer training camp, he tried to copy what Shirabu did that morning. But, moving his head one inch closer to mine already made him flinch, blush, and freeze like ice.

Where did his courage go? Back when he pinned me down his bedroom floor while our lips were practically almost touching.

I guess, it just, hits you sometimes.

In the end, he left without doing anything sweet. But I did. I snuck in a happiness amulet in the pocket of his bag. Hopefully he sees it and cheers up. No way am I gonna give him a love talisman, he doesn't need it. He has way too much of it already.

The instant I entered my room, I went straight to bed and called Shirabu.

"説明 (Explain)," I demanded. He's probably with the team already, so he might have that change in personality where he's more normal, and the way I prefer him to be. Whenever he's with me, he's a bit... not him!

It annoyed me even more when he played dumb. "何が？(Explain what?)" He knows what he did.

"そのキス！(That kiss!)"

"もっと欲しいの？(You want more of it?)" His tone sounded serious and it only pissed me off even more. "もっとあげるよ (I'll give you more.)"

"ちょっと、辞めなさい！お前じゃない (Wait, stop! This is not you.)" Honestly, I don't see the point of telling him that. Shirabu's smart enough to know if he's himself or not.

"いいえ、僕だよ (Nope, it's me)," he answered. Shirabu's tone took a slight turn. From his already serious tone, he changed into a warmer one, a tone that hit me differently. I knew it was him, but it was different. "ただ...今から君はもう知ってるな (It's just that.. From now on, you know it already.)"

His friends have told me, Yui had noticed it, but I didn't think it would be real. Whenever we talked about it, we both would laugh it off. Has he been enduring it all this time? Damn, what's Oikawa going to say? Scratch that, he probably already knows.

"大丈夫？(You okay?)" His voice didn't sound like my boy best friend anymore. This is Shirabu, a guy. He likes me. I can't imagine him to be just another friend anymore. He's someone I could like! But—

My heart is taken.

I no longer had the mood to work on my summer assignments. Instead, I laid in bed as I watched the curtains of my window get blown from time to time by the wind.

There's Shirabu, there's Oikawa... But I want Kageyama Tobio... Am I really not in the right place to choose my lover?

Overthinking about that led me to call Kageyama Tobio. It didn't even hit me until it was ringing for about five seconds already. I finally reverted back to my normal self to end it only to hear Kageyama Tobio's voice.

He called out my name with much enthusiasm, but I could also hear people yelling at him from the background, telling him that he was hiding a beauty after all. It made me blush knowing that they're referring to me.

"呼んでだどうして？(Why did you call?)" he asked innocently. There was no follow-up pick-up lines. That's the difference between Kageyama Tobio and Oikawa. He's too... He's— more, volleyball-ish.

"ただ...あ。。あの、会いたいのだから (Just.. U-Um, I miss you, that's why.)" What did I just say?!?! I'm dead meat! So dead! This will be the ending of my love story with Kageyama Tobio that didn't even start yet!

"いいよ (Okay.)"

What.

"帰る時で、君に会いて来る (When we get back, I'll come meet you)," he followed.

Carefully distancing my phone from me, I quietly celebrated by myself to release all those emotions before calming down again to reply to him. "うん！またね！(Sure! See you!)"

Again, the voices of the people in the background drowned his. But that one phone call was enough to bring up my mood for the whole day. I was energetic, but not productive.

I searched up the volleyball teams Kageyama mentioned the other day and compared them with Aoba Johsai, Karasuno, and Shiratorizawa. I suppose.. Only the team that goes to Tokyo will meet with them. I'm surprised Karasuno has close ties with those two schools.

Nekoma and Fukurodani.

Somehow, it does have a ring to it.

I got so engrossed to it to the point that I started comparing the members' roles to one another. Captain to captain, libero to libero, setter to setter. For some reason, boys from Tokyo really give off a different vibe. It's probably because they're city boys.

This infuriates me. I don't know much about them. Any of them! Only Aoba Johsai and Shiratorizawa. Suddenly felt sorry for myself. Although I have to admit. I only wanted to know more about the two powerhouse Tokyo schools because they're close to Karasuno. Maybe... if I become Kageyama Tobio's girlfriend—

Nope, impossible.